bloom again. // jinjoo

three: of talks and beers

Their mini welcome party started around four in the afternoon which means— most of them are already drunk and tipsy by the time the clock turns eight but they still went on, catching up with Yujin and telling them everything she missed for the last four years. Even if they're ready drunk and tipsy, they can somehow still talk and think decently, they never brought up the ex-lovers' past, letting them talk about it privately soon.

Yujin is happy. She's so happy that her friends still accepted her doing such a thing in the past, leaving her to talk with Yena only. She's so glad they never hated her or whatnots, and even cried over how they missed her that she also teared up a bit. She's also happy that the others didn't quite change a bit, they are still the same ones years ago.

There's no awkward moments throughout, even Minjoo joined in fooling around and Yujin is glad about that, she was worried that the brunette would be aloof because she's around.

The clock strikes ten, half of them are already knocked out, specifically— Yena, Sakura, and Hyewon— Eunbi and Yuri are already drunk too but still managed to stay awake to look for their girlfriends and baby Yujin every minute. Meanwhile, Minjoo only drank a can of beer, nothing more, she just joined the conversation and was tasked to cook the meat— still a lightweight, the others didn't force her to drink and even bought her banana milks for her to drink. Minjoo doesn't like alcohol in the first place anyway, Yujin knew that so well.

The blue haired woman drank three cans of beer and one bottle of soju alone already but cheap liquor doesn't have any effect on her anymore, it will take her a lot to make her tipsy— she managed to sharpen her alcohol tolerance while she was in London. Eunbi noticed it but said nothing, having a hunch of what might be the reason for her suddenly being a heavy drinker when she can barely sip a glass of soju years ago.

Yujin found herself at the house balcony on the second floor while finding the bathroom because for an unknown reason, she doesn't want to use the bathroom of her temporary room and thus, she discovered this place. She stayed for a while, liking the scenery and fresh air, it's a good place to think, the others won't even notice that she's gone anyway.

She then grabbed something on her coat's pocket, putting the can of beer on top of the cemented railings as she grabbed a stick from the case, lighting it up with her silver lighter, puffing a smoke and sat there at the railing as she watched the moon glow.

She thought of many things, be it good or bad, she just wanted to deeply think. She glanced below and saw her friends, trying not to let themselves sleep. She lets out an amused snort before bringing the lit cigarette to her lips, sucking it and blowing the smoke into the air, watching it slowly disappear.

The silence is so enjoyable, only the wind gushing and owl howling can be heard. It somehow made Yujin calm and relaxed. She just sat there under the starry night sky and moon, a can of beer beside her, and a half lit stick of cigarette between her index and middle fingers.

"Y-You smoke?"

A quiet and soft yet surprised voice suddenly can be heard behind her. Yujin yelped, throwing her cigarette below in panic, falling at the pond near the entrance of the backdoor.

She turned around with wide eyes and saw Minjoo peeking from the sliding door, eyes solemn and concerned. Why out of all the people, Minjoo had to see her smoking? God really hated her so much.

The brunette is actually searching for her to ask for some assistance to help the others to go to their rooms because it's getting late, only to see her smoking.

The taller woman cleared her throat, grabbing her beer. "Y-Yeah," She answered, hesitating before she took a sip from her drink. She gulped, she actually doesn't want Minjoo or either any of her friends to know that she learned how to do some bad vices when she went to London.